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( 23 ) provided. Then away they came in the morning early, with ſeveral gentlemen in company to hear the diverſion; George's ſervant opened the door, according to his maſter's . The ſquire, entered the room firſt, and awakened George out of his ſleep, then ſaid,

Riſe up you madman and put on your clothes.

To which George anſwered

O thou haſt loſt thy wad man, for I'm none of thoſe.

The Engliſh ſquire confeſſed he was fairly beaten and would ma with him no mare. Then another gentleman would hold nor guineas, th he ſhould give him a word or T e, that he ſhould not metre at the firſt anſwer, and anſwer it directly as ſoon as he had done ſpeaking; but George ordered him firſt to table his money and then to proceed, which he did in all haſte, and ſaid as follows:

My belly rumbl'd and then I farted.

George gripping to the money, anſwered

A fool and his money is ſoon parted.

Then they all cried out he was fairly beat, and what George had ſaid really true; but never would lay any more wages concerning poetry.

After this George got a letter from a Biſhop telling him that he was coming to viſit him, and take dinner with him in his lodgings George ſent an anſwer to him that he would wait upon his lordſhip on the day appointed but well did George know it was not for any love he had unto him that he m o, but to ſpy fai e thought he ſhould give him ſomething to talk a. So G o ſent his ſervant to a o k ſhe to buy a do- ſhall amp leſs, about a halfpenny a peice, ſuch as 'A Gr Worth of W for a penny.' 'The hiſtory of the King and the Cobler,' and ſuch pieces a theſe. Taking all his own books away and putting the pamphlets in their place, which he preſented so the biſhop, when he aſked for the fight of his library. What! ſays the biſhop, have you no more books but e! No more, ſays George, but my bible, juſt no more. O ſays the Biſhop, I wonder how you can either ſpeak plain or p ſentencer when you have no other books than them. O ſays George, do you think that I am a gy to borrow other men's ſermon to beautify my work. No, he, but I ll that I write my d meditate out of my drain. This ck concerning borrowing put the th a old w, yet he concealed his paſſion. Then George ſo his ſervant if dinner was ready yet, to which he anſwered, Come maſter, come the